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The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution. Book. Annalisa Berta. graphics editor James L. Sumich. 2017. Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press. View. Buy This Book in Print. summary. A compelling look at the evolutionary history of marine mammals over the past 50 million years.Marine mammals have long captured the ...
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Sep 3, 2019 · Marine mammals. Publisher. London ; New York : Academic Press. Collection. printdisabled; trent_university; internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Volume. 2. v. <1-3 > : 23 cm. Includes bibliographies and indexes. v. 1. The walrus, sea lions, fur seals, and sea otter -- v. 2. Seals -- v. 3.
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Sea Mammals | Princeton University Press. Princeton Nature. Sea Mammals: The Past and Present Lives of Our Oceans’ Cornerstone Species. Annalisa Berta. A richly illustrated introduction to the world’s living and extinct sea mammals. Look Inside. Hardcover. Price: $29.95/£25.00. ISBN: 9780691236643. Published: Sep 26, 2023. Copyright: 2023. Pages:
Book description. The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition covers the ecology, behavior, conservation, evolution, form and function of whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, manatees, dugongs, ... read full description. Download all chapters.
considered a marine mammal because it lives on sea ice most of the year. Fig. 1.1 shows the major groups of marine mammals and the num-bers of living species. Marine mammals range in size from a sea otter, weighing as little as 1 kg (2.2 lb) at birth, to a female blue whale, the largest mammal to have ever lived, weighing over 100,000 kg (2,200 ...
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Mar 7, 2022 · Introduction -- Basic marine mammal biology -- Taxonomic groupings above the species level -- Cetacean species accounts -- Pinniped species accounts -- Sirenian and other species accounts -- Extinct species accounts -- Dichotomous identification keys -- Summaries of characters for similar species -- Glossary of technical terms -- References ...
The focus is on evolution, ecology, behavior, and marine mammal health and conservation, with an emphasis on the applied aspects of research. This makes the book valuable for those working on the conversation problems facing marine mammals. … this book is an excellent resource for marine mammal specialists."
